Purple Prose [08/15/11] 

  • No Character Love

    I’m curious. What would you do if you’re beta reading (or critting) a book, and you don’t like the main character? Do you tell the writer, especially if you can pin point why you feel this way? Do you play coward and hope someone else (preferably another beta reader and not an agent) will tell the writer (assuming you’re not alone…

  1. I feel the love!
  2. Short Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
  3. Review: Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
  4. This is like, the greatest marketing idea EVER!
  5. Interview with author Jennifer Echols!!
  6. Point/Counterpoint: Thor
  7. The Couchman Cometh: Once More Into the Multiplex
  8. Watching Hour Preview: Bring It On
  9. Fast Five
  10. Watching Hour Preview: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?